Month: December 2010
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A Prayer Before Family Reunions
This is for all those for whom Christmas is not always the “hap-happiest season of all.” As broken as some of our families are, may they each in some way be touched by the “calm and bright” of the Holy Family.
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O Emmanuel
As Lutheran Christians, we own the fact that we are often thought of as the family of Christians ‘prone to excessive singing,’ as one Episcopalian wag put it.
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Bishop chairman of ICEL: missal is “work in progress”
The Society of Saint Gregory wrote to Bishop Roche, “if the cause of ‘only the best for the liturgy’ entails a further delay in the implementation of a new translation of the entire Missal in England and Wales beyond Advent 2011, so be it.”
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O Rex Gentium: O King of the Nations
Our world remains full of Herods, and the idols still invite our allegiance. Our day-to-day narratives are shaped by violence and the threat of violence, the irresistible sway of socially negotiated power, and the impact of wealth upon billions of lives. When these forces override the freedom and dignity of even a single person, the…
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O Oriens: O Daybreak
Today’s “O” Antiphon hails the changing of the seasons, heralds the dawning day of the Reign of God, and bids us be light and healing for those in need.
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How do you define “ancient”?
Calling something — anything — ancient (or otherwise appealing to antiquity) without solid historical evidence doesn’t fly far in my opinion….
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Missal unrest in New York
Be It Resolved: That this area conference of priests requests that the Priest Council of the Archdiocese of New York advise the Archbishop to seek a postponement of the implementation of the new Roman Missal in the Archdiocese for at least one year (from Advent 2011), or until such time as priests of the Archdiocese…
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Many leave the Catholic Church in Germany, Austria
In Germany and Austria, the government-collected “church tax” gives us data on the numbers leaving the churches.
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Hierarchy or Social Network? Spirit and Method at Vatican II
by Jonathan Day “Today’s liturgical progressives may claim the ‘Sprit of Vatican II,’ but it is the conservative faction that has used the ‘Methods of Vatican II’ to influence the Church’s direction.”